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Fear of a Changing Market

* Linux and Open Source change the software market
- Housing market illustration (appropriated from Doc Searls)
. Imagine a market based on scarce resources (trees)
. Imagine the discovery of plentiful forests
. Have you ruined the housing market?
. No, you've changed the way to make money in the market
- With Open Source, resources are plentiful (O/S, tools)
. Are you destroying the software market?
. No, you are changing the way to make money

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